Local government professionals recognised in new year honours

Who in local government was made a member of the order of the British Empire for 2013? Find out below. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/REUTERS

Council staff and elected members have been rewarded for their dedication to local government and community work in the Queen's new year honours for 2013. Rory Mair, chief executive of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, and Caroline Tapster, former chief executive of Hertfordshire county council were both awarded a CBE for services to local government.

An OBE was awarded to:

Rodney Berman, former leader of Cardiff city council, for services to local government;

Richard Davies, former chief executive of Preston New Deal for Communities, for services to the regeneration of Preston Road and to the community of Hull;

Francesca Fonseca, former corporate parenting manager at Oxfordshire county council, for services to children and families;

Ian Greenwood, former leader of Bradford city council, for services to local government;

Roger Kelly, former chief exeutive of Gateshead council, for services to local government and the community in the north-east of England;

Melvyn Nott, leader of Bridgend county borough council, for services to the community and to local government;

Sharon Taylor, leader of Stevenage borough council and deputy chair of the Local Government Association, for services to local government;

Jane Todd, chief executive of Notthingham city council, for services to local government in Nottingham;

Sylvia Yates, former director of Sheffield City Region, for services to the regeneration of Sheffied and the Humber.

An MBE was awarded to:

Leslie Manson, executive director of education, leisure and housing at Orkney Islands council, for services to Scottish education and the Orkney community;

Linda Green, member of Gateshead metropolitan borough council, for services to the community in Tyne and Wear;

Mark Huges, former chief executive of the North West Regional Development Agency, for services to business;

Gerard McElory, member of North Lanarkshire council, for services to local government and the community;

Sylvia McRoberts, member of Armagh city and district council, for services to local government and the community;

Ray Puddifoot, leader of Hillingdon council, for services to the community of Hillingdon.